Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed 2012
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Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed, 2012
Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi &Ahmed, 2012: 51 (original description; type locality: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan); Platia & Pulvirenti, 2021: 180 (new distributional record for India); Hoffmannova et al., 2023: 292 (catalogue).
Distribution. INDIA: Uttarakhand.
Remarks. Akhter et al. (2012: 52) stated this species comes closer to Cryptalaus enquis [sic] Candèze without attributing the correct year (unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling; ICZN 1999, Art. 33.3). The species referred in Akhter et al. (2012) likely is Alaus anguis Candèze, 1865 (should be transferred to Cryptalaus). After comparing the dorsal habitus photographs of C. tamargrahensis with syntype specimens of Alaus anguis (photographs provided by K. Matsumoto, Natural History Museum, London), it seems that both these species show a great level of affinity in dorsal habitus, almost similar pattern of scale-like pubescence, and elytral apex round (see Akhter et al. 2012; Platia & Pulvirenti 2021; Hoffmannova et al. 2023 for dorsal habitus). A thorough examination is required to reveal if these two species are conspecific.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Cryptalaus
- Species
- tamargrahensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cryptalaus tamargrahensis Akhter, 2012 sec. Parekar, Danani & Patwardhan, 2024
References
- Akhter, M. A., Drumont, A., Rizvi, S. A. & Ahmed, Z. (2012) Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 3223 (1), 40 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3223.1.3
- Platia, G. & Pulvirenti, E. (2021) New species and new records of click beetles from the Palearctic Region (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S. E. A.), 68, 179 - 193.
- Hoffmannova, J., Packova, G., Prosvirov, A. S., Akhter, M. A. & Kundrata, R. (2023) An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 5270 (2), 281 - 305. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5270.2.6
- ICZN [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature] (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4 th Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.